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It's not reasonable to assume that users in the US have names that only use 7-bit ASCII


It's reasonable to assume that all users can deal with having to encode their names in 7-bit ASCII. Otherwise you might as well demand that computer systems need to support arbitrary drawings in the name field at which point you might as well not have a name field at all because even most humans won't be able to deal with what you want to put in there.


Nice slippery slope you've got there


It actually is. That covers the vast, vast majority of people in the US.


That is not very reasonable, is it?


It is if all your customers are in the US.




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